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In my more than 30 years of successfully defending my clients who have been arrested and charged with DUIs and DWIs, I have long ago observed that the so-called "standardized field sobriety tests"
are not nearly as accurate and reliable as law enforcement would have you believe. In fact, I have observed these tests to be rather subjective.
Conceptually, field sobriety tests are intended to determine the drunk driving suspect's balance, coordination and/or mental agility --- all factors notably impaired by intoxication. All of these tests are, as well, subject markers for indicating inebriation of the subject.
The walk-the-line test, for example, is intended to gauge the individual's balance, as are the modified position of attention and the one-leg-stand, etc., tests. The finger-to-nose test is perhaps the most common of the coordination examinations; and the alphabet recitation test as well as the reverse counting test are indicative of attempts to test mental agility.
A significant problem with the "walk-the-line test " is the fact that the line is frequently imaginary.
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